Overview
- External ontology
- mediadive.medium:J342 (source link unavailable) — BRAIN HEART INFUSION AGAR WITH SOIL EXTRACT
- Applications
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- Microbial cultivation
- Notes
- Source: JCM | Link: https://www.jcm.riken.jp/cgi-bin/jcm/jcm_grmd?GRMD=342 Commercial Product: Brain Heart Infusion Supplier: Difco/BD Catalog: 237500 Source: https://microbenotes.com/brain-heart-infusion-bhi-agar/ Accessed: 2026-03-28 Constituent composition researched from product specification.
Composition
flowchart LR
CultureMech_002702["brain_heart_infusion_agar_with_soil_extract"]
ing0_Calf_brains["Calf brains"]
CultureMech_002702 --> ing0_Calf_brains
ing1_Beef_heart["Beef heart"]
CultureMech_002702 --> ing1_Beef_heart
ing2_Proteose_peptone["Proteose peptone"]
CultureMech_002702 --> ing2_Proteose_peptone
ing3_Dextrose["Dextrose"]
CultureMech_002702 --> ing3_Dextrose
CHEBI_17634["CHEBI:17634"]
ing3_Dextrose -.-> CHEBI_17634
ing4_Sodium_chloride["Sodium chloride"]
CultureMech_002702 --> ing4_Sodium_chloride
CHEBI_26710["CHEBI:26710"]
ing4_Sodium_chloride -.-> CHEBI_26710
ing5_Disodium_phosphate["Disodium phosphate"]
CultureMech_002702 --> ing5_Disodium_phosphate
CHEBI_34683["CHEBI:34683"]
ing5_Disodium_phosphate -.-> CHEBI_34683
ing6_Agar["Agar"]
CultureMech_002702 --> ing6_Agar
CHEBI_2509["CHEBI:2509"]
ing6_Agar -.-> CHEBI_2509
Ingredients (7)
| # | Ingredient | Concentration | Ontology | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Calf brains
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
variable VARIABLE |
UBERON:0000955
brain
|
infusion from 200 g/L; Tissue infusion - source material is calf brain tissue; Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 2 |
Beef heart
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
variable VARIABLE |
UBERON:0000948
heart
|
infusion from 250 g/L; Tissue infusion - source material is beef/ox heart tissue; Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 3 |
Proteose peptone
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
10.0 G_PER_L |
MICRO:0000180 (source link unavailable)
proteose peptone
|
Enzymatic digest of animal protein providing amino acids and peptides; Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 4 |
Dextrose
C6H12O6 180.156 g/mol
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
2.0 G_PER_L |
CHEBI:17634
D-glucose
|
Carbon/energy source; Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 5 |
Sodium chloride
Cl.Na 58.443 g/mol
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
5.0 G_PER_L |
CHEBI:26710
sodium chloride
|
Maintains osmotic equilibrium; Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 6 |
Disodium phosphate
HO4P.2Na 141.958 g/mol
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
2.5 G_PER_L |
CHEBI:34683
disodium hydrogenphosphate
|
pH buffer (final pH 7.4 ± 0.2); Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 7 | Agar | 15 G_PER_L |
CHEBI:2509
agar
|
Preparation
- Suspend 400 g of air-dried garden soil in 1.0 L of tap water and autoclave at 121C for 1 hr. Use the clear supernatant after sedimentation for a few hours and centrifugation.
Target organisms
No target organisms are recorded.
Provenance
| Timestamp | Curator | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26T17:53:16.345695Z | mediadive-import | Imported from MediaDive | Source: JCM, ID: J342 |
| 2026-03-13T06:19:15.120952Z | culturemech-id-assigner-v1.0 | Assigned CultureMech ID | Assigned stable identifier: CultureMech:002702 |
| 2026-03-17T06:30:18.000000Z | mediaingredientmech-enrichment-v1.0 | Added MediaIngredientMech links | Linked ingredients to MediaIngredientMech identifiers |
| 2026-03-17T19:45:28.472532+00:00 | normalize_media_names_to_snake_case.py | NAME_NORMALIZED | Normalized name from "BRAIN HEART INFUSION AGAR WITH SOIL EXTRACT" to "brain_heart_infusion_agar_with_soil_extract" for consistent matching |
| 2026-06-05T07:40:51.421501+00:00 | mim-legacy-to-chebi-migration-v1.0 | Refreshed legacy MediaIngredientMech links to CHEBI keying | Replaced 1 legacy mediaingredientmech_term link(s) with mediaingredientmech_chebi_term (id-safe: ingredient's own CHEBI + label). MIM deprecated the MediaIngredientMech:NNNNNN id scheme. |